Cultivating a Lasting & Loving Relationship

Love Never Dies

When we can’t stop grieving over the loss of a loved one, is there a way to transform our grief to joy?
Discover healing ways to say hello, not goodbye, to loved ones in spirit. Based on her #1 international best-selling book, Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace With the Deceased, Jamie Turndorf reveal ...Learn More

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Love Never Dies

When we can’t stop grieving over the loss of a loved one, is there a way to transform our grief to joy?
Discover healing ways to say hello, not goodbye, to loved ones in spirit. Based on her #1 international best-selling book, Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace With the Deceased, Jamie Turndorf reveal ...Learn More

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The Trust Technique

For the third consecutive year, Omega is pleased to have Trust Technique™ founder James French and director Shelley Slingo return to the United States to teach this transformative method of fostering peace and mutual regard with animals.
The Trust Technique is a mindful method of working with animals that fosters our own pe ...Learn More

Workshop

The Trust Technique

For the third consecutive year, Omega is pleased to have Trust Technique™ founder James French and director Shelley Slingo return to the United States to teach this transformative method of fostering peace and mutual regard with animals.
The Trust Technique is a mindful method of working with animals that fosters our own pe ...Learn More

Many people do not associate scientific inquiry with the stability of a loving marriage. Therapists John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman, creators of the Gottman Method, make that association and have been providing a compassionate and healing response to the challenges of achieving and sustaining a healthy relationship. Here they share three exercises you can do with your partner to improve both your relationship, as well as your friendship with one another.

Strengthen Your Love Map

The Love Map, is a road map of one’s partner’s inner psychological world. It involves the couple knowing one another and periodically updating this knowledge. Allocate “cognitive room” for your relationship and the world of your partner. Can you answer these five questions?

Who was your partner’s best friend in childhood?

What are some of the important events coming up in your partner’s life and how does he/she feel about them?

What is one of your partner’s favorite ways of being soothed?

What is your partner’s fondest dream, as yet unachieved?

What is your partner’s favorite way to spend an evening?

Express Appreciation

Our research shows that happy couples maintain a 5:1 ratio of positivity to negativity. In other words, as long as there are five times as many positive interactions (showing interest, asking questions, being empathetic, etc.) between partners as there are negative (displays of criticism, hostility, contempt, etc.), the relationship is likely to be stable. Building up the positive, which we call making deposits into your Emotional Bank Account, will come in handy during times of stress and conflict. From the list below, choose three items that you think are characteristic of your partner:

For each item you chose, briefly think of an actual incident that illustrates this characteristic of your partner. Now share your list with your partner! Let him or her know what it is about these traits that you value so highly.

Have a Stress Reducing Conversation

The stress-reducing conversation is for handling stresses outside the relationship. It is guided by the motto: understanding must precede advice. Take turns sharing with each other about your day. Make sure to follow these rules:

Take turns. Give one another the chance to talk for 10-15 minutes uninterrupted.

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Love Never Dies

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